Att komponera för en okonventionell instrumentsättning
2024 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]
This project explores the possibilities and challenges associated with writing for and performing with an unconventional, and for the composer new set of instruments. With the purpose of creating music out of intuitive, creative ideas rather than instrumentally based knowledge and habitual patterns I wrote and/or arranged six original songs for an ensemble consisting of lead vocals, accordion, trumpet/flugel horn, electric guitar, and a cellist and vocalist combined in one. We later performed the music at my bachelor’s recital which took place on the 3rd of April 2024 at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
The analysis of the musical result highlighted two compositional structures which in turn effected the co-playing in the group and divided the role-based responsibilities differently. The structure which was based around homophonic voices led to a common phrasing being the most important focus in comparison to the other which divided the ensemble into smaller groups with different functions where a joint time feel was of most importance.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 40
Keywords [en]
jazz composition, unconventional instrumentation, singing, trumpet, guitar, cello, accordion, creative decision making
Keywords [sv]
jazzkomposition, okonventionell instrumentation, sång, trumpet, gitarr, cello, dragspel, kreativt beslutsfattande
National Category
Music
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-5295OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kmh-5295DiVA, id: diva2:1858709
Educational program
Kandidatprogram musiker
Presentation
2024-04-03, Lilla Salen, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Valhallavägen 105, 115 51 Stockholm, 19:00 (Swedish)
Supervisors
Examiners
Note
Musik:
Sinking into a Dream
Buss 61
Time and Places
Utegymmet
Botanical Garden
Pick Up
Kompositioner och arrangemang av: Ellen Mansten Bruchfeld
Medverkande musiker:
Anna Østerby – dragspel
Hannes Arason – trumpet och flygelhorn
Linnea Hildén – cello och sång
Svante Qvennerstedt – elgitarr
Ellen Mansten Bruchfeld – sång
2024-05-172024-05-172024-05-20Bibliographically approved